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The Great Reading Wrap-Up of 2024

2025-01-01
SE White
Blogging, Book Reviews, Holiday Wishes, Recommendations, Romance Tropes, Top 10 Lists

In the grand tradition of the new year, let’s do some tidying, list making, and wrapping up the previous year. Number Of Books I Read in 2024: A somewhat respectable 55 new books Number of Re-Reads: at least 55 ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ and probably more. My reading goal is usually 100 new-to-me books, and as many re-reads as my heart desires. Turns out in 2024 my heart desired more predictable books than unfamiliar new ones. It has to do with my neurodivergent…

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The Great Reading Wrap-Up of 2023

2024-01-10
SE White
Blogging, Book Reviews, Holiday Wishes, Recommendations, Romance Tropes, Top 10 Lists

In the grand tradition of the new year, let’s do some wrapping-up of last year. Wrap-ups for everyone! Wrap some presents. Wrap-up your post-holiday shopping. Write lots of wrap-up lists. Wrap-up small, misbehaving children Krampus style to mail to . . . haha . . . ooops. Don’t do that. Got carried away there. Number Of Books I Read: A very respectable 123 I lowered my reading goal the last two years to 100, and that’s been much more do-able.…

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Take it Away, Insecure Writer’s Support Group

2022-07-06
SE White
Goals and Hopes, Insecure Writer's Support Group Post, Recommendations, Romance Tropes, Silliness

It’s the first Wednesday of the month, which means we are all insecure! Get down with your bad self and accept the fragility. We’re all here to support you. To sign up for the group, go here. We are, if not legion, then at least myriad. There’s plenty of support to be had. And we are also on Twitter @TheIWSG hashtag #IWSG. A lot of the support today is coming from our volunteer co-hosts J Lenni Dorner, Janet Alcorn, PJ Colando, Jenni Enzor, and Diane…

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Bookish Worlds I Would Live In Tomorrow, and A Few I Wish to Avoid

2022-04-14
SE White
Blogging, Recommendations, Silliness, Top 10 Lists

Today I’m making a half-and-half list. Five bookish worlds I would move to in one second, no questions asked, YES my bags are already packed; and five bookish worlds where I’d last long enough for one good Hollywood scream. First, the top five worlds I would disappear to in an instant if it were somehow possible: 1. Narnia If you tell me you never wanted to live in a world where the animals could wish you ‘good morning’, I will…

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The Great Reading Wrap-Up of 2021

2021-12-30
SE White
Blogging, Book Reviews, Holiday Wishes, Recommendations, Romance Tropes, Top 10 Lists

In the grand tradition of December, let’s do some wrapping up. Wrap some presents. Wrap-up your post-holiday shopping. Write lots of wrap-up lists. Wrap-up small, misbehaving children Krampus style to mail to . . . haha . . . ooops. Don’t do that. Got carried away there. Number Of Books I Read: A very respectable 174 I kept my goal of 200, despite knowing that was stupidly unrealistic with me going back to work full time. And indeed, my reading…

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